Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-03-03
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Dr 7 TX. Barber, an oid anu -
Ionad citizen OF Waterfowl, Is oes'u'
g.. church dominates P. A. NC
c,ura 81 Pierre to be terrItorial co ..,;Ii
o .,,;as;oner of immigration. lie WIN
,i,a Alex Griggs, Abe boyheoh
ia n r. Smith to be railroad COM
missioners. r; a.od
A. Sioux Falls, Willard Collins agea
a;obt wears, was shot dead Dy ms
brother, aged eleven years.
The long disputed settlement De
tween Grant and Roberts counties
hos been effected. Grant county &C,
l nasats Ss 600 as Roberts county ;
share OF the old indebtedness
CONGRESSMAN Clifford has laid before
tho house petition from the grand
lodge of Good Templars. representing
Q ooo members OF the order, asking
49, 81 The RIGHT to vote upon the liquor
question be granted to the Diseric' u
Columbia.
Washington special: 1t IS whisper
a haro that there is trouble brewing
~ the White House for Territorial
secretary Mccormack OF Dakota. IL
i renorted that he may be asked ior
his resignation. Among several alies-
al Grounds for dissatisfaction 1t Is re,
norted that the president IS oiiendso
becanse Mccormack, while acting as
Governor ad interim for lew DAYS,
;ssuad q pardon to one McGlll. lie
th;nks this an unwarrantable as
sumption of power, and discour'eous
to the incoming governor.
Mr.. James A. Haight of St. Paul
and Miss Nellie Pierce, daughter OF
ex.Gov. Pierce, were married at the
residence OF the brides parents IN
bismarck, Nearly two hundred .peo-
nle attended the wedding reception,
and the friends of the bride and groom
showered presents upon them without
number. The bridal party left Tor st.
paul where Mr.. and Mrs. Haight VIII
take up their home.
SIXTEEN thousand out of the 25,-
600 bushels of wheat in the Mlnneap-
oils elevator, was burned. Church 6
Ferry will be saved, but in adamaged
condition. The elevator Will be repuiis
at once.
At Watertown, Harry Thompson
and Mrs. Ida Henderson were held for
trial for adultery.
The acreage in wheat in Sargent
county for 1887 will be over one-third
larger than that of last year.
Alfred fischer was bound over to
the district on charge OF obtaining
money under false pretenses. Hegave
| a chattle mortgage on tree claim for
$50.
Mcdonald & Ensign's general store
and postofIice at Cando, Towner
county. caught fire and the building
| ID stock were entirely consumed
Loss, $4,000; insurance So, 1000.
Preparations have actively begun
for the firemen's tournament at
Mitchell in June. At a meeting the
bicycle club. numbering over twenty
members, decided to cooperate with
the firemen.
Notice of suit has been cerved or
the officers of Sphinx county contest
ing the validity of the removal of the
county seat from Ashton to Redfield
The election returns, it is alleged, bore
ndications of gross frauds.
At Highmore, water OF good quail
ity has been struck in the artesiar
well, and fine, flowing stream secur
ed at depth of /, $40 feet.
The WATERFOWL National bank vii
erect building in early spring cost
| ing $40, 900 or $50, 900.
For nearly six months Judge Nc
1 Connell has been constantly in court
opening at O'Clock in the mornin.
and nat adjourning until in the ate,
noon, except a short interval at noon
and part OF the time holding late even
ing sessions in the endeavor to attend
to the litigation of a population equa
to districts in Minnesota where there
are three judges. His friends fear tina
his health is being broken by tn,
strain. He was taken i'll at Fargo.
In a trial before Justice of tn
peace at Lead City. during the tenn
porary absence of the court, the plain
tiff whipped the defendant while tn
attorneys kept the crowd back so the,
could fight. The court then returned
and the trial proceeded.
Gov. Church was rendered brillian
reception at the capitol building il
Bismarck.
The board of education at Water
town, has secured the services Of Prot
s. A. Foster as superintendent, vic
w. T.. Gorrle, resigned. Mr.. Foster i!
from Wabasha county, MINI.
The National Bank at Huron
has opened its doors for business
This makes the fourth national banl
at Huron. 1t has $4,000 capital. /
the successor OF the Traders Bankin
company.
w. S. Bell OF Berrisford, who ba
been chosen Sabbath school mission
airy OF the Congregational church, will
move to Mitchell and enter upon hi
duties April 1.
The appointment of Mayor p. A
Mcclure as commissioner of immiara
ton by Gov. Church gives the creates
satisfaction at Pierre, where the gen
tleman lives.
| Gov. Church sent in the names @
Alex Griggs of Grand Forks, Alb
Boynton of Lennox and n. II. Smitl
OF Huron to be railroad commission
ers.
Misadventure of a Bridal Co,Iple